Pocono Mountain Regional Police have charged a Pocono Summit man in the murder of two of his co-workers.

Luis Vasquez, of Pocono Summit, was arraigned on two counts of criminal homicide in the deaths of Bertoldo Velez and Joseph King Jr. They all worked at United Envelope Company.

The investigation revealed that King and Velez arranged to meet with Vasquez at this park during the

evening hours of Aug. 16 because Vasquez owed Bertoldo $20,000.

Vasquez borrowed money from Velez over a year ago and had failed to pay it back in a timely manner.

According to police, Velez loaned people money and King was his bodyguard.

An officer on patrol found the bodies of Velez, 55, and King, 38, both of Penn Estates, early in the morning on Aug. 17 in the parking area of Coolbaugh Township Park off Route 423, across from Tobyhanna Army Depot.

King was in the front passenger seat of Velez's 1997 Chevy Cavalier, while Velez was lying on the ground beside the car. Both men had been shot multiple times and an autopsy on Velez later revealed he had been smashed in the head with a rock, said Monroe County Coroner Bob Allen.

Interviews with family members, along with forensic evidence and phone records subsequently linked

Vasquez to the victims and the crime. Police also located and seized the weapon used in the crime,

a .45 cal. handgun.

The weapon and other evidence were located in a wooded area near Vazquez’ residence earlier this month.

Throughout the investigation, PMRPD was assisted by Monroe County District Attorney’s Office,

Pennsylvania State Police and the Monroe County Probation Department.

Vasquez was arraigned before Judge Anthony Fluegel of Tobyhanna and committed to the Monroe County Correctional Facility with no bail.

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